You've Got to Watch This Vintage 1993 Japanese Drifting Video

To us westerners, drifting seems like a recent fad. The motorsport really only took hold in the U.S. in the early 2000s, brought to our shores in video games and movies like The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

This grainy, hand-held camcorder video of early-day street drifters was allegedly recorded in 1993. It's a nearly 20-minute time capsule, a peek back into a time before Formula D, massive sponsorship deals, and bizzaro Frankensteindrift machines. Just a bunch of wily gearheads, sliding their AE86 Corollas (and the occasional Nissan interloper) up and down Mt. Tsukuba.

These guys are probably dads now, middle-aged career men living regular adult lives. Here's hoping they still get the chance to practice that well-honed countersteering every now and again.

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